Bottle rinsing and conveying machine.



C. A MILLER. BOTTLE RINSING AND CO'NVEYING MACHIHE.

APPLICATION FlLED AUG.4. 9K3.

Patented Dec. 5,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I EESZEZE witnesses attorneys C. A. MILLER.

' BOTTLE RINSING AND CONVEYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4. 1913.

1 07,592. Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

(Ittornegs UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES ALVIN MILLER, OF BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR TO MILLERMANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, OF BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, A CORPORATION OFGEORGIA.

BOTTLE RINSING AND CONVEYING MACHINE.

Application filed August 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CnAiiLiis Anvin Mn.-Liiii, citizen of theUnited States, residing at Bainbridge, in thecounty of Decatur and State of Georgia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle linsiiig and ()onveyin Machines; and I dohereby declare the fol owing to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whirhit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to bottle rinsing and conveying machines, and anohjert of the invention is to provide such a inarliiiie which will besimple and more eiiicient than machines at present used foraccomplishing the same result.

In order to disclose my invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing drawings, wherein the simplest form is shown.

Figure 1 is a side view of the machine, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of themachine, Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical transverse section taken throughthe rinsing housing, Fig. t is an end view of the machine, and Fig. 5 isan enlarged view of one of the bottle carrying cups and adjacent partsLike reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout theviews.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the body or frame of the machinesupport ed by-suitable legs 2 and provided with desirable braces 3.Oneend of the frame 1 has extending therefrom a bearing 4 which receivesthe shaft 5 of a sprocket wheel 6 which is adapted to engage a chain orother flexible conveyor 7. The shaft 5 car ries a spur gear 8 and itslower end is mounted upon a bearing 9 secured to one of the legs 2,while there is mounted upon one ofthe braces 3 as in bearing 10, a wormgear 11 which meshes with the spur gear 8 and is adapted to drive thelatter when the pulley 12, which is splined to the shaft 13, is drivenby any suitable means (not shown). ries a second sprocket 14 similar tosprocket 6, the shaft of said sprocket 14: being mounted in any suitablebearing 15. The chain 7 is adapted to pass around these sprockets 6 andl t, and the latter are so spaced that there is comparatively no slackin the chain.

Located at that end of the frame opposite the end carryin the drivingmechanism is a housing 16 shown more particularly in Specification ofLetters Patent.

The other end of the frame 1 car-.

Patented Dec. 5, 1916.

Serial No. 782,939.

adapted to receive the used wider. said drip pan it luring('Ullllt't'l-Wl with a discharge pipe lil connecting with a wastrpipr-2H.

As shown in Fig t, the frame has side bars of Lshapcd irons 2]. alongthe inner faces of the upright leaves 22 of which '70 slide the links ofthe chain 7. At intervals the chain carries tubular bottle holders oropen-bottomed cups, each connected to the upper portion of a link bymeans of a stud '24: which rests upon and slides along the 751 upperedge of the leaf 22-. Since the cups 23 are provided with the studs 24:,it will be seen that no rollers are necessary in order to convey thechain from one of the sprocket wheels to the other. By referring to Fig.2,80

it will be seen that the cups 23 are mounted upon the outside of thechain 7 so that they will not interfere in any way with the drivingsprocket 6 or the guide sprocket 14:.

Fig. 2 shows only part of the chain provided with the cups 23. but it isto be understood that the entire chain may be-provided with these cupsor that spaced groups of the cups may be arranged along the chain.

As shown in Fig. 1, there is a feed pipe 24:, led from any suitablesource of water pressure (not shown), said pipe entering the housing 16and lying under the adjacent angle iron 21. The'pipe 24 is provided witha plurality of jet openings 25 in its upper side. p In the operation ofthe machine, when i is desired to rinse bottles, the latter are invertedand inserted in the cups 528 in any part of the machine and when thesame enter the housin 16, water pressure may be applied to the pipe 24/,which will result in the playing of several jets of water through theopenings 25 and cups 23, said jets servas well as the inside ing torinse the outside of the moving bottles. It will be noted that eachbottle willbe subjected to as many rinsings or as many jets of water asthere are openings 25 in the pipe 52st. Of course, the housing 16 couldbe extended so as to dass or other inateadmit of the use of moreopenings 25. It is also desirable, in order to effect more com pletewashing of the bottles, to have the openings 25 separated by a distanceequal to the distance between the central lines of adjacent cups 23. Itwill be seen of course that when the bottles move from the posi* tionshown in Fig. 1 to a position where the cups 2 3 are intermediate theopenings 25, the jets of water will serve to rinse the outside of thebottle, and inasmuch as several of the ol'ienings are provided, both thefront and hack sides of the bottles will be rinsed as well as theinside. inasmuch as the top of the housing 16 is curved as shown at 17.the water which issues from the openings 25 and passes between theadjacent hottles will be deflected downwardly into the drip pan lH andthe glass closing the opening in the housing will serve to prevent waterfrom splashing upon the machinery and operator and at the same timeenable the condition of the rinsing water ot' the machine to heinspected.

hat I claim is:

In a. bottle rinsing machine, the combination with a frame. having sidebars of L- iron, each with one leaf upright and the other leathorizontal and projecting inward from the lower edge of said uprightleaf, a water pipe at one point outside the L-iron and having1')ertorations in its top a housing surrouiuling the side bar and pipe,and a drip pan. beneath the perforated portion of such pipe; of a chaincarrier moving around the frame and through said housing with its linksstanding on edge above the horizontal leaves and traveling inside and incontact with the upright leaves of said side bars, studs carried bycertain links and passing over the upper edges of said upright leaveswhereby the chain is supported, and tubular bottle holders carriedrigidly by said studs wholly outside the upright leaves and. travelingover said perforated pipe. for l the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES ALVIN MILLER. W'itnesses:

CHAS. V. PERRY, M. E. NUSSBAUM.

